Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 34-YEAR-OLD woman was yesterday sentenced to four months in prison after being found guilty of assaulting and injuring her husband on the eye after he caught her dancing at a night club. Siduduzile Tichabaiwa from Bulawayo’s New Magwegwe Suburb was yesterday convicted and sentenced when she appeared before Western Commonage…
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava is happy with the positive impact of Zimbabwe’s engagement and re-engagement efforts with the…
POLICE have implored journalists to prioritise their safety during the course of their duties in the run up to, during and after the upcoming harmonised elections. This comes amid a worrying increase in cases of political violence across the country in the last few weeks which saw skirmishes pitting mainly Zanu PF and opposition Citizens…
The proposed termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) is pushing a large number of people to become undocumented, creating pockets of…
THE government intends to put 350 000 hectares under irrigation from the current 193 000 within the next two years as part…
POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents caused by negligent motorists. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said last month police received increasing cases of fatal road accidents, which were preventable if drivers exercised caution. “Police in Bulawayo have recently been receiving cases of fatal…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says it has so far collected more than 2 000 tonnes of waste across the Harare Metropolitan Province. This comes after the government blamed the local authority for failing to invest in waste management infrastructure, related equipment and human resources, as well as for its inefficient collection practices prompting it…
A MAN from Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, has appeared before a Harare court facing charges of fraud after allegedly stealing over $11 million from a client. Edward Muranganwa was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded out of custody to September 11. The court heard that Muranganwa duped the complainant, whose name…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE World Food Programme (WFP) has set new Zimbabwe objectives for 2023-26, which include focusing more on resilient building projects in a bid to minimise dependency on humanitarian aid. Resilience programmes involve beneficiaries doing their own projects to sustain themselves as opposed to entirely depending on food handouts for their survival….
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government is set to distribute lime as part of the pfumvudza\Intwasa input package to promote crop growth and increased productivity. This comes as the government has said 70 percent of the country’s soils are too acidic, hence the need for a lime application to neutralise the soil. In the same…
